Kolkata: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, marked its
60th year celebrations by hosting the Diamond Jubilee Lecture online and the
Distinguished Alumnus Award ceremony at the campus today.
The event began with a welcome address by IIM Calcutta Director, Professor Uttam Kumar
Sarkar. He said, “IIM Calcutta has reached a milestone today. The Diamond Jubilee is a
culmination of the countless efforts put in by our founders, Board of Governors, faculty
members, students, staff and our alumni. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude for
being part of this epoch-making event.”
The
Distinguished Alumnus award was introduced by Professor Manish Thakur, Dean (New
Initiatives & External Relations). The award, which is into its tenth year, was instituted
during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2011 to recognise and felicitate alumni. Prof.
Thakur congratulated all the recipients of the Award for their exceptional achievements. He
added that their remarkable contributions in their chosen fields is a matter of great pride
not only for them but also their alma mater.
The award ceremony was followed by an address by Shri Shrikrishna Kulkarni, Chairperson,
Board of Governors, IIM Calcutta where he emphasised the need to prepare managers not
just for industrial, financial and commercial enterprises but also as enablers of social change
and national development. He also urged for a shift in the management paradigm from
"shareholders with wealth maximisation" to "equitable distribution of wealth to unlock the
problem of poverty and unemployment".
The Diamond Jubilee Lecture was delivered online by Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty on
‘Business Education in the Anthropocene: Some Questions For Our Times’. Professor
Chakrabarty is the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History at the
The University of Chicago. He is the recipient of the 2014 Toynbee Prize that recognises
social scientists for significant academic and public contributions to humanity.
Professor Chakrabarty attended Presidency College where he received his undergraduate
degree in Physics. He also received a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from
Indian Institute of Calcutta in 1971(PGP 6th batch). He went on to receive a PhD in History
from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Incidentally, Professor
Chakrabarty was felicited with IIM Calcutta’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in its maiden
edition in 2011.
The event concluded with a ‘Vote of Thanks’ by Professor Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Dean
(Academic), IIM Calcutta.
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